The Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team continues their 17-game homestand as the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs come to Lincoln for a series starting this afternoon at 3:05 PM. Nebraska and Tech have met for a series once before, in 2003, Bulldog coach Wade Simoneaux's first season, when the Huskers won the series 1-2.
The Bulldogs are coming off a 3-1 loss to Creighton in Omaha on Wednesday, and come to Lincoln with a 9-7 overall record with wins against.... well, against pretty suspect competition with a mid-week win over Vanderbilt.
The series will not be televised, but will be broadcast online with a HuskersNSide subscription. The Husker Sports Network will radio broadcast the game, and again, don't forget about that Huskers iPhone app for streaming audio. Get one of them fancy bluetooth headsets and no one at work will know you're actually listening to the game.
Picked to finish near the bottom of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), Louisiana Tech has only three players batting over .300, lead by 1B Alex Williams, who's batting .426 in 68 at bats so far this season. Williams has 13 runs and 24 RBIs. He's followed by SS Ryan Gebhardt at .412 with 15 runs and 9 RBIs.
Coming into the season the Bulldogs were counting on returning weekend starters Trevor Peterson and Jeb Stefan. Stefan pitched against Creighton, so will not be starting against Nebraska. Peterson comes into the series with a 5.09 ERA, having given up 15 hits and 11 runs (10 earned) with 12 strikeouts in 17.2 innings. Freshman RHP Phil Maton has been an early surprise with a 2.81 ERA in 25.2 innings pitched, having given up 17 hits and nine runs (eight earned) with 30 strikeouts.
The Bulldogs expected that pitcher Graham Meyers would be available after returning from injury this season, but he is no longer listed on their roster (and I don't know what happened to him).
The Bulldogs do not have much experience in their bullpen.
Nebraska comes into the series with a team batting average of .315, second place in the Big Ten behind Purdue. Seven Husker players are batting over .300, lead by Richard Stock at .429. Stock has 21 hits, 13 RBIs, and nine runs. Behind him is Michael Pritchard, batting .426 with 20 hits, 12 runs, five RBIs and leads the team in on-base percentage at .471.
The Husker pitching staff comes into the series with a team ERA of 3.97, fourth in the Big Ten.
Complete statistics for both teams are below.
Projected Starting Pitchers:
Nebraska - Louisiana Tech
Thur., March 15 - 3:05 p.m.
So. Zach Hirsch (LHP, 1-1) vs. La. Tech - Phil Maton (RHP, 3-0)|
Fri., March 16 - 1:35 p.m.
So. Jon Keller (RHP, 2-0) vs. La. Tech - Trevor Petersen (RHP, 1-1)
Sat., March 17 - 1:35 p.m.
Jr. Tom Lemke (RHP, 1-1) vs. La. Tech - Chris Sadberry (LHP, 2-1)
Sun., March 18 - 11:05 A.m.
Jr. Tyler Niederklein (RHP, 2-1) vs. La. Tech - Jamie Gilley (RHP, 1-1)
Louisiana Tech Batting Statistics
Player | avg | gp-gs | ab | r | h | 2b | 3b | hr | rbi | tb | slg% | bb | hbp | so | gdp | ob% | sf | sh | sb-att | po | a | e | fld% |
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Williams, Alex | 0.426 | 16-16 | 68 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 49 | 0.721 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0.467 | 1 | 0 | 0-2 | 103 | 6 | 3 | 0.973 |
Gebhardt, Ryan | 0.412 | 16-16 | 68 | 15 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 34 | 0.5 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0.467 | 0 | 2 | 2-2 | 15 | 39 | 6 | 0.9 |
Kimbell, Bre'shon | 0.372 | 14-13 | 43 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 21 | 0.488 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0.472 | 1 | 0 | 1-3 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0.959 |
Hedges, Austin | 0.286 | 15-15 | 49 | 9 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 0.388 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0.455 | 1 | 0 | 1-2 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 0.939 |
Gordey, Justin | 0.25 | 15-12 | 48 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0.313 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0.288 | 1 | 1 | 0-1 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 0.967 |
Bayliss, Beau | 0.146 | 13-11 | 41 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0.22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.186 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 0.931 |
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Qualls, Tyler | 0.355 | 10-8 | 31 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0.387 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.412 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 54 | 8 | 1 | 0.984 |
Terrasas, Taylor | 0.333 | 8-7 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0.407 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0.471 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0.941 |
Alvis, Sam | 0.32 | 7-6 | 25 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0.48 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.393 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
White, Corey | 0.308 | 11-3 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.462 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.357 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Arnsberg, Kyle | 0.3 | 12-9 | 30 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 0.433 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 1-1 | 61 | 7 | 3 | 0.958 |
Gandy, Stephen | 0.289 | 13-9 | 38 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0.395 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.341 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Burch, Taylor | 0.276 | 16-7 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0.517 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0.276 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Neel, Kody | 0.231 | 14-8 | 39 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 0.385 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0.947 |
Derouen, Jacob | 0.182 | 7-1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.182 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0.923 |
Hesson, Chase | 0 | 3-1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Jones, Ryan | 0 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 |
Doss, Dakota | 0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Sadberry, Chris | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.714 |
Totals | 0.309 | 16-16 | 570 | 112 | 176 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 93 | 248 | 0.435 | 54 | 17 | 86 | 18 | 0.383 | 4 | 4 | 9-17 | 420 | 155 | 28 | 0.954 |
Opponents | 0.283 | 16-16 | 566 | 106 | 160 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 94 | 234 | 0.413 | 47 | 20 | 135 | 8 | 0.356 | 4 | 8 | 19-26 | 419 | 190 | 24 | 0.962 |
Louisiana Tech Pitching Statistics
Player | era | w-l | app-gs | cg | sho | sv | ip | h | r | er | bb | so | 2b | 3b | hr | ab | b/avg | wp | hbp | bk | sfa | sha |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maton, Phil | 2.81 | 3-0 | 5-2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 25.2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 90 | 0.189 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Stefan, Jeb | 4.15 | 1-3 | 5-4 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 21.2 | 25 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 85 | 0.294 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Petersen, Trevor | 5.09 | 1-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 17.2 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0.231 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Gilley, Jamie | 5.51 | 1-1 | 5-3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 16.1 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 69 | 0.319 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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Hesson, Chase | 0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bayliss, Beau | 0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.167 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dudley, Caleb | 2.25 | 1-0 | 7-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0.227 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Carlisle, Ben | 3.6 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0.286 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Doss, Dakota | 4.82 | 0-0 | 6-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 | 9.1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 39 | 0.282 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sadberry, Chris | 6.23 | 2-1 | 3-3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 8.2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0.341 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Alvis, Sam | 6.35 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 5.2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Antony, Mitch | 9.39 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 7.2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 0.333 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ferguson, James | 15.63 | 0-1 | 6-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 6.1 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.429 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fairbanks, Benn | 99 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 0.2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0.857 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 5.53 | 9-7 | 16-16 | 0 | 0/0 | 4 | 140 | 160 | 106 | 86 | 47 | 135 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 566 | 0.283 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
Opponents | 6.44 | 7-9 | 16-16 | 1 | 0/0 | 3 | 139.2 | 176 | 112 | 100 | 54 | 86 | 31 | 1 | 13 | 570 | 0.309 | 12 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Nebraska Batting Statistics
Player | AVG | GP-GS | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | TB | SLG% | BB | HBP | SO | GDP | OB% | SF | SH | SB-ATT | PO | A | E | FLD% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
39 Stock, Richard... | 0.429 | 13-11 | 49 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 30 | 0.612 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0.462 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
4 Pritchard, Michael | 0.426 | 16-12 | 47 | 12 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0.447 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.471 | 0 | 1 | 0-3 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
9 Kelly, Pat....... | 0.417 | 9-8 | 24 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 0.708 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.44 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0.889 |
2 Christensen, Chad | 0.394 | 17-17 | 71 | 13 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 42 | 0.592 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.449 | 0 | 1 | 1-2 | 35 | 48 | 1 | 0.988 |
20 Scheffert, Josh.. | 0.364 | 15-10 | 44 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 0.568 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.391 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 69 | 19 | 1 | 0.989 |
41 Darby, Austin.... | 0.333 | 15-11 | 42 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 0.429 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0.408 | 1 | 3 | 4-4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 Peters, Bryan.... | 0.302 | 14-13 | 43 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0.395 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0.38 | 1 | 0 | 2-3 | 27 | 40 | 1 | 0.985 |
10 Farmer, Kurt..... | 0.289 | 10-9 | 38 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 0.395 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0.341 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 4 | 25 | 3 | 0.906 |
22 Headley, Blake... | 0.28 | 11-6 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0.28 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0.379 | 0 | 0 | 1-3 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
11 Sanguinetti, Rich | 0.274 | 15-15 | 62 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 27 | 0.435 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0.328 | 0 | 7 | 2-4 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
3 Kalkowski, Kash.. | 0.256 | 13-9 | 43 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 0.372 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0.289 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0.969 |
40 Stucky, Sam...... | 0.235 | 7-6 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.294 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0.435 | 0 | 1 | 0-0 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
13 Burleson, Cory... | 0.206 | 12-10 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0.235 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0.341 | 0 | 2 | 0-0 | 50 | 12 | 1 | 0.984 |
14 Kiser, Kale...... | 0.196 | 16-13 | 46 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 0.37 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.439 | 0 | 2 | 2-3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
46 Kildow, Ty… | 0 | 9-3 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.083 | 0 | 0 | 1-1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Totals.............. | 0.315 | 17-17 | 596 | 122 | 188 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 107 | 265 | 0.445 | 63 | 14 | 95 | 6 | 0.393 | 2 | 19 | 16-26 | 462 | 212 | 13 | 0.981 |
Opponents........... | 0.288 | 17-17 | 604 | 78 | 174 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 75 | 230 | 0.381 | 52 | 16 | 97 | 9 | 0.359 | 3 | 9 | 5-11 | 446 | 214 | 26 | 0.962 |
Nebraska Pitching Statistics
Player | ERA | W-L | APP | GS | CG | SHO/CBO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | 2B | 3B | HR | AB | B/Avg | WP | HBP | BK | SFA | SHA |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 Bummer, Aaron.... | 0 | 1-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
37 Hander, Ryan..... | 1 | 1-0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0.219 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
26 Vogt, Dylan...... | 1.42 | 1-1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 12.2 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0.239 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
44 Pierce, Brandon.. | 1.8 | 2-1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0.176 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 Bublitz, Luke.... | 2.84 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 1 | 6.1 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
30 Lemke, Tom....... | 3.06 | 1-1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 17.2 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 0.268 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
55 Huber, Travis.... | 3.24 | 0-1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 3 | 8.1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0.286 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 Kubat, Kyle...... | 3.48 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 10.1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0.372 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
32 King, Tyler...... | 3.52 | 0-0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 7.2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0.12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
50 Spitsnogle, Dexte | 4.05 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 0.24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 Keller, Jon...... | 4.3 | 2-0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0/1 | 0 | 23 | 29 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 95 | 0.305 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 Hirsch, Zach..... | 6.1 | 1-1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 20.2 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 82 | 0.341 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
21 Niederklien, Tyle | 7.71 | 2-1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 11.2 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 0.347 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
36 Stovall, Jeff.... | 11.12 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0 | 5.2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0.464 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals.............. | 3.97 | 11-6 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1-Jan | 4 | 154 | 174 | 78 | 68 | 52 | 97 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 604 | 0.288 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Opponents........... | 6.3 | 6-11 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 1-Jan | 3 | 148.2 | 188 | 122 | 104 | 63 | 95 | 29 | 3 | 14 | 596 | 0.315 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 19 |